Abstract [en]

Piracy is a subject that concerns many people with connection to shipping. It has also been brought up in media lately because naval vessels have been sent down to Gulf of Aden for protection against pirate attacks.The purposes with this paper is to establish what measures the shipping companies are taking to prevent piracy attacks and if shipping companies are following existing guidelines? To answer the questions we have used a qualitative method. The information we used as a base for the results has been collected from four responsible officers working for Swedish shipping companies. In the summery of our results we have compared the guidelines and how the companies act. The shipping companies who have been surveyed for this paper is anonymous because of safety reasons.The result of the paper shows that all companies are taking measures to prevent piracy attack.